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Hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992) would go something like this:
a young professor abandons the ivy-covered walls of academia to serve her country in the Navy after Pearl Harbor and finds
herself on the front lines of the computer revolution. She works hard to succeed in the all-male computer industry,
and is almost overcome by personal challenges but survives them, and ends her career as a celebrated elder stateswoman of
the information age, a heroine to thousands, hailed as the inventor of computer programming. In Grace Hopper
and the Invention of the Information Age, Dr. Kurt Beyer goes beyond the screenplay-ready story to reveal a
more authentic Hopper, a vibrant, complex, and intriguing woman whose career paralleled the meteoric trajectory of the postwar
computer industry.
University of Chicago journal ISIS reviews Grace Hopper book
Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age is reviewed
by the prestigious ISIS journal (University of Chicago Press). ISIS, founded in 1912, is the premier international journal dedicated to the history
of science. Click here for the review by Thomas Misa, director of the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota.
Grace Hopper Book to be published in Chinese, 2011
Chinese Machine Press in Beijing has just signed an agreement with MIT Press for
the rights to publish a Chinese simplified character edition of Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age.
The transation should be completed by January 2011 and the book distributed throughout China beginning in the spring of 2011.
The Silicon Valley Computer History Museum hosted a lunchtime conversation between author Kurt Beyer
and Northern California Public Broadcasting’s Linda O’Bryon. The event was sponsored by SAP and was attended
by 400 attendees, many of whom worked in the computer industry.
Dr. Kurt Beyer Interview on NBCs Press Here
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Dr. Kurt Beyer Keynote at USAA Speaker Series
USAA Nexus Speaker Series
Kurt Beyer discussed the contributions of Grace Hopper at USAA's Distinguished
Speaker Series in San Antonio. Click Here for a list of talks and lectures near you.
Grace Hopper book by Dr. Kurt Beyer Top 10
Booklist names Grace Hopper and the Invention
of the Information Age a Top Ten Science and Technology book for 2009.
"The obsessions of this stellar group of science writers—including polar
bears, a missing aviator, dawn, computer programming, dogs, and antimatter—inspired a year’s worth of significant
and intriguing books."Click Here
Smithsonian Keynote Dr. Kurt Beyer
Author Kurt Beyer Interviewed by Smithsonian
The Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation interviewed author Kurt Beyer about
the career of Grace Hopper, the history of the computer industry, the process of innovation, and the nature of invention.
